Indian Cricket

Perhaps Indian hockey's lowest moment among a series of lows was when the men's national team failed to reach the semi-finals of the 2006 Asian Games at Doha in Qatar. Even those former Indian Olympians who were neither for nor against Indian Hockey Federation supremo K P S Gill made it a point to appear on the TV news channels and wail about how the country of Dhyan Chand could not make it to the semi-finals of the Asian Games after being beaten by China. And now comes the news that the...

JAMMU: Asserting that India has not lost any match in the ongoing cricket World Cup, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today expressed hope that Team India would return with the winner's trophy. "India hasn't lost any match in World Cup, and this is a big thing in itself. We are hopeful that India will win the quarter-final, semi-final and come back with the World Cup," Omar said. "I have an interest and high hope of victory as you...

When former Aussie captain Greg Chappell took over as coach of the national team some 22 months ago, he talked about taking Indian cricket to the next level. While the jury is still out on whether, in the wake of India's World Cup debacle, his contract will be renewed at the April 6 review meeting of the BCCI, there can be little doubt that communications between the coach and the administrators has indeed been taken to the next level! A BCCI, which relied on traditional modes of communication like...

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: It's raining crores for the World Cup-winning Indian cricket team whose members will also get residential plots and Railways too chipped in announcing first AC complimentary lifetime passes. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) took the lead announcing a Rs one crore award for each player and several state governments followed suit. Some states did not announce any cash reward but said the cricketers will be...

GWALIOR: Praising Mahendra Singh Dhoni's efficient leadership, out-of-favour Indian all-rounder Yuvraj Singh said that the team's spectacular showing in this edition so far makes him believe that the Men in Blue can retain the trophy. "The way the Indian cricket is performing under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni in the World Cup clearly manifests that it will retain the world champions title," Yuvraj, who inaugurated a cricket academy at ITM University here, told...

AUCKLAND: Zimbabwe stand-in captain Brendan Taylor feels that the Indian bowling unit will not only trouble his team with swing but also with the pace when the two teams meet in a Pool B match of the ICC Cricket World Cup here tomorrow. Taylor, who will be playing his last match for the national side as he is migrating to England for a better future, is wary of the current Indian team, one of title contenders in the ongoing mega-event. ...

NEW DELHI: Security around Indian cricketers has been significantly beefed up in Brisbane in the wake of the hostage crisis in Sydney with government saying that the team was a "national treasure" and no effort will be spared to ensure its safety. External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin said Australian authorities have conveyed to the government that the team's security has been enhanced. "Indian Cricket team is a national treasure and no effort will be...

NEW DELHI: While India takes on arch rival Pakistan on the cricket field, there would be an equally spicy sponsorship battle raging on the field. In the first case of its kind in India, individual sponsorship deals would clash with team sponsorship. Arch rivals in the sportswear business such as Nike, Reebok and Adidas would be battling it out along with the Indian cricketers. Nike grabbed the contract which entitles it to get branding on the non-leading arm of the player's...

Test cricket is not won by good batting or incisive bowling or superlative fielding but by a combination of all three, co-ordinated by the captain. Which is why the present Indian team, rated off and on as perhaps the best batting side in international cricket today, has never really posed a serious challenge to Team Australia, whether in one-day cricket or the more traditional five-day Tests. Even the destructiveness of Sehwag, allied with the...

much water has flowed down the hooghly, especially in the form of tears by the media over the ability of the indian cricket team to choke repeatedly in the climactic overs of one-day internationals. time was when the pakistan cricket team could lose eight wickets for two runs in a test match and snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. however, the pakis have picked themselves up and are at the top of both forms of cricket while india is somewhere on par with zimbabwe in the...

In the introduction to his magnificent treatise 'The Art of Captaincy', Mike Brearley comes up with this telling example to highlight the hazards of leadership. "A French general," writes Brearley, "was once tactlessly asked after a famous victory if it hadn't really been won by his second-in-command. He thought for some time before answering. 'Maybe so. But one thing is certain: if the battle had been lost I would have lost it'. " Juxtapose this with India's World Cup...

NEW DELHI: President Pranab Mukherjee congratulated the Indian Cricket team for victory against Ireland in today's match of the ICC World Cup 2015. In his tweet, the President said, "Bravo and well done Team India on the 5th straight win in the ICC World Cup 2015 by winning today's match against Ireland. " India today recorded victory in the fifth consecutive World Cup match by beating Ireland by eight wickets to seal the top spot...

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today congratulated the Indian cricket team for registering its fifth straight win in the ongoing cricket World Cup Down Under. Shikhar Dhawan cracked a scintillating century as a rampaging India created a record winning ninth consecutive ICC Cricket World Cup match, including four in the previous edition, by demolishing Ireland by eight wickets to seal the top spot in the Group-B table. "Superb all-round performance. Congrats Team India!

KOLKATA: Insisting that restoring the BCCI's image was his first priority, newly-elected BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya today called for a proper conduct of next months's Indian Premier League (IPL) that had been subject to controversy in the wake of the spot-fixing scandal. "My first priority is to ensure that the image of the BCCI is restored. We would have to make certain that the IPL which would be commencing shortly is conducted in a proper way," Dalmiya...

NEW DELHI: West Indies batting legend Brian Lara is mighty impressed with India's "allround" showing in their first two cricket World Cup matches and feels Mahendra Singh Dhoni's men need to keep up their good work in all three departments of the game if they intend to defend the title. India defeated arch-rivals Pakistan by 76 runs in their tournament opener before registering an emphatic 130-win over tournament favourites South Africa in their...

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today hailed the Indian cricket team for victory over South Africa in World Cup match. "Great performance. Well played. Congrats Team India. You make us proud yet again," he tweeted. His tweet came as soon as India beat South Africa by 130 runs.

When the Indian cricket team requested the board for the services of psychologist Sandy Gordon first, and then, pace guru Bruce Reid soon after landing in Australia, it was construed by many as distress signals. That interpretation was not without reason, though. If a team with a plethora of senior, battler-weary professionals required emergency help so early during the mother of all tours, the portents could hardly be taken as anything but scary. The popular doubt: What will these...

Even before the advent of TV telecasts, a tour of England by an Indian cricket team always had enormous appeal for the fans back home. The BBC radio commentary enabled the Indian fan to follow the post-lunch play after returning from work. The feel of the English summer game being played against the backdrop of everyday life was vividly conveyed by commentators like Brian Johnstone: "And as Kapil Dev runs in to bowl, another train pulls out of Warwick Station. " Apart from hearing the...

NEW DELHI: Ahead of a possibly stormy budget session of Parliament, Speaker Sumitra Mahajan tonight said lawmakers should emulate the Indian cricket team's discipline which has kept India on the top in the World Cup. "The lawmakers should follow the young boys of the Indian cricket team who in today's match acted in complete coordination and responsibility," the Speaker told reporters after an all-party meeting which she had convened to...